What if the way out isn’t to escape your work - but to redesign your relationship with it? It catches people off guard when I say it, which tells me it’s still not a common idea: “My work doesn’t feel like work.” I’m not being flippant. I don’t mean that my days are spent in luxury, detached from … [Read more...]
Return the Cart: What Small Acts Reveal About Us
It happens quietly in parking lots across Canada. You’ve loaded the last of your groceries into the trunk, closed the hatch, and the cart stands there - empty, idle, waiting. What you do next might feel inconsequential, even mundane. But this moment, however fleeting, is the stage for a small … [Read more...]
The Cost of Now, The Price of Later
There is no shortage of advice on how to live a meaningful life. Invest in yourself. Nurture your relationships. Find purpose. Cultivate harmony between your work and your life. Practice mindfulness. And none of these are wrong. In fact, each of them is a profound investment in a life well … [Read more...]
Canada Moves Quietly, but It Does Move
There’s something uniquely frustrating about seeing what’s coming and watching everyone else miss it - not because you’re smarter, but because you’re paying attention to things they’re not. For the past six months, I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that the Liberals weren’t as done as … [Read more...]
Why Not Stay Together? On Family, Aging, and Choosing Closeness
I get this question more often than I’d like to admit - usually asked with a polite smile and a pause that says more than words ever could: “Your parents live with you? And your sister?” It’s not said outright, but it’s there - in the tilt of the head, the slow blink, the silence that follows as … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Lie of Control (And the Freedom of Letting Go)
We spend a good part of our lives trying to avoid fear. We plan, we prepare, we hustle, we build, we chase. We try to stay ahead of it. Outsmart it. Outrun it. But fear isn’t something outside of us - it’s something we’ve built inside. Brick by brick. And most of those bricks are stories we’ve … [Read more...]
We Let It Happen: A Hard Look at the Quiet Choices That Reshaped Canada
We like to believe change happened to us. That someone else is to blame for what (we believe) Canada has become. But the truth is harder - and far more important. Whatever that change is, we let it happen. Not through grand decisions, but through a thousand quiet choices, silences, and … [Read more...]
Author and Audience: Writing as a Conversation with Myself
I write to remember, not to be remembered. I don’t write for applause, algorithms, or applause disguised as analytics. I write because I need to. Because there’s something about the act of putting thought into form that anchors me - here, now, in this version of myself. I am the author. I am the … [Read more...]
Unplugged vs. Unhinged: The Art of Stepping Back Before You Snap
There’s a fine line between stepping back and falling apart. Between choosing to disconnect and unraveling completely. Between reclaiming control and losing your grip. The difference? Intent. We live in a world that mistakes noise for progress. If you’re not answering emails at midnight, are … [Read more...]
The Certain Uncertainty of Reinventing Oneself
Reinvention isn’t a decision you make one morning over coffee. It’s not a clean break or a sudden transformation. It’s messier than that - more like stumbling forward in the dark, feeling your way toward something that hasn’t fully taken shape yet. You don’t always know what you’re becoming, … [Read more...]
Build Options Before You Need Them
You don’t buy an umbrella when it starts raining. You get one on a sunny day, not because you expect a storm, but because you know storms come. And yet, when it comes to our careers, our well-being, and our personal growth, too many of us move through life as if clear skies are permanent. We … [Read more...]
Leadership Isn’t a Promotion – It’s a Reckoning
Most people think they’re ready to lead long before they actually are. It’s a misconception I’ve seen time and time again - high performers who assume leadership is just the next step, the natural reward for excelling at their job. But leadership isn’t a prize; it’s a responsibility. It doesn’t … [Read more...]
The Illusion of Freedom: Why Entrepreneurship Isn’t an Escape
There’s a common misconception about entrepreneurship that refuses to die: the idea that starting your own business is a way to escape authority, to finally break free from the suffocating grip of a boss. It’s an appealing fantasy - one where you call the shots, answer to no one, and shape your … [Read more...]
Would I Live This Life Again?
There’s a question we rarely ask out loud, though it quietly follows us through every chapter of our lives: If given the chance, would I live this life again - or would I want something entirely different? It’s not the kind of question that arises on a Monday morning while checking emails or … [Read more...]
Carrying Identity with Pride and Humility
I am writing this from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, waiting for my connecting flight back to Canada. My trip to India, which was good for both my heart and soul, has left me reflecting deeply on my own identity. Travel has a way of pulling thoughts to the surface, and this time was no … [Read more...]